Friday, 11 November 2016

it seems that we became committed cyclists, our mountain days were totally outnumbered by cycling trips. so here we are, back to lake district, checking out some quiet (as for LD) areas. nothing better than a good leg stretcher with great views!

so after arriving to the sykeside campsite, pitching the tent and having lunch at the nearby pub, we set off to climb the nearest hill -stony cove pike.

this is a rather insignificant hill (compared to its neighbours: high street or a bit further down- helvellyn), on a plus side - there was nobody there :)

there is a bypass path starting opposite the pub, so no need to walk along the road, however the path was totally swamped, really wet (as in 'turning into a stream) so i would really recommend walking along the road. it's less than 500yrd to the beginning of a mountain path

for some time we didnt even know if we followed the path or just random breaks in bracken, but soon enough we found some footsteps (in ever present mud!) so followed up and reached a little ford. managed to stay dry footed :) i love my old scarpas :)

originally we planned to walk down towards kirkstone pass, but then we would have to walk back all the way along the road (not very great..) so instead we decided to bag hartsop dodd and somehow walk down from there... our map reflected a path down..

so, from stony cove pike we followed the wall all the way to hartsop dodd

z stony cove pike ruszylysmy wzdluz murku az do hartsop dodd

nice show :) fajne swiatelko :)

back down already / i juz jestesmy na dole

just a little explanation. ordnance survey map shows a path going from hartsop dodd straight down towards the starting point (next to small bridge), however we spent quite a while trying to find it. no success. finally we just scrambled down this steep slope, via bracken and whatnot, brooding ankle deep in water, following the stream down (in the stream!), as the bracken was really impossible and the only way to get thru was using the stream (still, quite tricky at times).

i wouldnt do it again and i dont recommend it. find another way, guys.